Meet The Man with the Magic Beard

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Neetzan Zimmerman

08/21/13 11:08AM

Filed to: Stop Motion

For reasons that remain upsettingly unclear, photojournalist Ben Garvin of the St. Paul Pioneer Press was compelled to shave off his majestic facial hair.

In accordance with the manly maxim "never let a good beard go to waste," he decided to film a stop-motion ode to his "magic beard" before sealing its fate.

He writes:

I built this stop motion video over time, lots of time. I originally thought I’d sit down and shave my beard and make a video but, as I quickly realized, stop motion videos can’t be made quickly. And I had more and more ideas as to how to make it fun, which made it take even longer. Shot mostly in my dining room, I set up my iPhone 5 on a little tripod and took a photo every 5 to 10 seconds.
When I showed it to my 7-year-old son he laughed so hard a small puddle appeared at his feet afterwards–a high bar!

[H/T: Laughing Squid]

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HashTagYoloisback Neetzan Zimmerman 08/21/13 11:37AM

Why do so many young, straight guys grow beards of late? How fucking repulsive are you trying to be? Is this like a badge of honor now? 'Oh look, I have a rat's nest sprouting off my face! I'm a badass. I go to Renn Faires and when I eat, my disgusting face is a catchment area for leftover particles! This will aid me come the apocalypse. Haha, just kidding. No really, I'm a holdover from the Pirate Jokes era'. Fuck you, asshole. Shave that shit off. Quit hiding. Be a man. Show the world your fucking face. Ugh, this is the new ID of douchebags.

Graymyas Leigh HashTagYoloisback 08/21/13 11:40AM

You sound like you can't grow a beard.

BigPlops HashTagYoloisback 08/21/13 11:50AM

Young gay guys do too. It's cool & sexy.

Gregoire HashTagYoloisback 08/21/13 11:53AM

Generally speaking, I don't mind a normal beard. What I do mind are long, robust beards ("gnome beards") with short little twink haircuts. It's like you want to be Grizzly Adams and Dennis the Menace simultaneously. THIS is not acceptable. It is two different aesthetics corrupted into one bad one. You look like a fool and history will judge you accordingly.